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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To: "D Lee" <dlee AT dera DOT gov DOT uk>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 12:39:21 +0000
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Subject: Re: How do I set up RHIDE to use a mouse in NT 4.0?
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"D Lee" <dlee AT dera DOT gov DOT uk> wrote:

> I have installed RHIDE under windows NT 4.0 and whilst I can compile and
> run programs using the keyboard I can't get the mouse to work.
> 
> There are some other oddities: RHIDE will not start at all if I try to run
> it from NT explorer or from the Run dialog.  If I try to launch it from a
> DOS prompt (in NT) then the first time I try to launch RHIDE either nothing
> happens or, if I have previously run the DOS editor, I get the RHIDE
> version info.
> If type "RHIDE" a second time then it runs but without mouse support.
> 
> The DOS editor will start fom the same DOS console with mouse support if I
> run it before I have tried to run RHIDE but if I run it afterwards then the
> mouse is disabled in this application too.
> 
> Any help will be greatly appreciated

The NT's emulation of DOS (NT doesn't run over DOS like Windows98) is poor 
and full of bugs. I talked with Robert about the mouse problem and I think it 
will be solved in future versions (is currently solved but for some strange 
reason isn't enabled).  

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